Zmitser Shymanski, head of Brest city Milinkevich HQ, was taken to Infectious Disease hospital from Brest Detention Center.

The police kept him in the Detention Center with fever 39.5 C for almost 3 days (his second detention), despite his numerous complaints about health and bad conditions in the cell (dampness, bad air, etc).Let us remind you that Shymanski had just served a 10-day term for organization of an unauthorized meeting. He was released on March 24.However, the head of Brest HQ of the democratic candidate was detained again literary a minute after he had been released. He was detained on the steps of the Detention Center and accused of disorderly conduct.

-- I was literally 10 meters from the jail when two police officers came up and demanded I should follow them. I asked what was the reason, and they replied: “If you don’t follow us we will consider it resistance to police officers”. I was detained, and in some time I was showed the reports of those policemen claiming I swore using obscene language in public, -- Zmitser tells his story.

When Zmitser gets out of hospital he will still be tried on these charges.